Improvement in gun-locks



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Gun-Locks.

N0. 137,381, PatentedApril',1873.

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IMPROVEMENT IN GUN-LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.l 137,381, dated Aprill, 1873; application filed February 1, 1873.

To4 all whom t may concern:

B e it known that I, WALTER J. MORRIS, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pistols andother Small-Arms, of which the following is a specication:

My invention consists of improvements in pistols and other small-armswhich have or are intended to have the hammer working behind the breechof the barrel or recoil-block and between the sides of the lock or sidesof the feed arms. The rst object is to prevent any material substancefrom entering the lock and injuring its parts or obstructing itsmovements, or getting in front of or around or about the 11ammer, insideor outside of the lock so as to prevent the firing-point of the hammerfrom reaching the cartridge, and, by so preventing obstruction, insurecertain and proper contact of the firing-point of the hammer with theprimer. For this obj ect the invention comprises a cover over the lockand the opening in the breechblock through which the iring-point enters,to intercept any object that might fall into the lock or into theopening in the breech-block, and a device on the hammer for throwing'off any objects lodging on the cover. The second object is to stop thehammer after it has penetrated the priming at the right point, toprotect the firing-point from wedging in or strik-l ing against thewalls of the opening through the recoil-block. For this object I makethe hammer inside of the lock, so that when it has moved forward as faras it is intended to go it will be stopped by a point or points which Iprovide in it or on the lower, middle, and rear parts of therecoil-block.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the case of the lock, and sideelevation of part of the fire-arm. Fig. 2 is a similar section of thecase; also, a section ofthe recoil-block, and a side elevation of thehammer. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hammer detached from thefire-arm. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a detachable side of the case.Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the lock-case and the recoil-block. Fig. 6is a rear elevation of the two sides of the case detached. Fig. 7 is aside elevation of the arm, showing a modification of the case and thefinger-piece of the hammer, whereby the latter is arranged on one sideof the arm of the hammer. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of Fig. 7, with thehammer detached. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of Fig. 7. Fig. 10represents side and front elevations and top view of the raised cover,Fig. 7. Fig. 1l represents side, front, and top views of the case, Fig.7. Fig. 12 represents the hammer, Fig. 7, in three different views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. The first object I accomplish by making a cover, A, to the lock-caseabove the opening B, through which the flringpoint passes to reach thepriming of the cartridge. rIhis cover A is a projection from either sideof the lockcase a af, or from the rear end of the recoilblock G, or ismade in a separate piece, and attached to the stock or other parts ofthe firearm. As represented in the drawing, this cover is madeconcentric with the central point on which the hammer turns.

It may, if preferred, be arranged below the opening B through thebreech-block; but I prefer to have it above, as in that case it wouldonly protect the lock.

I make a concentric slot, D, in the hammer corresponding to this cover,and form thereby a curved arm, K, which moves forward and backward overthe cover, and carries the iinger-piece J and a pointed nose-piece, m,the former for pulling back the hammer to cock it, and the latter todivide and throw oif to either side any matters which may accumulate onthe cover A. rlhis curved arm K I make suiiiciently short that it willnot stop against or upon any external part of the lock or rearm, leavinga space between the front end of the piece m and the recoil-block, asshown at Gr. I also out away level and smooth with the cover A throughthe sides at n, so that any matter in front of and pushed forward by thehammer between the sides of the lock, which I extend as high as the armK to protect it, will be thrown olf through these openings.

I propose to make the arm of the hammer and the finger-piece upon eitherside of the lock or re-arm, or on the top, as above described and shown.For instance, I may arrange it on the side, as represented in Fig. 7, inwhich the finger-piece J is connected to the arm K, which is connectedat the rear end, at P, with the hammer. In this case, when thelinger-piece is pressed back the arm K moves under a raised cover, L,and back from over the cover R.

I make the hammer inside of the lock, so that when it moves forward, oris as far forward as it is intended to go, and when the firing-point ispressed into or upon the primer as far as it is intended, the saidhammer will come against a point or points, I, on it, or forward uponthe lower, middle, and rear parts of the recoil-block.

Having thus described my inven tion, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The lock-case having a cover, A, combined with ahammer having an arm, K, and slot D, as and for the purpose described.

2. In a gun-lock having the cover A, the arm K having the pointednose-piece m, as and for the purpose set forth. p

WALTER J. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

J. W. TRIGHT, G. S. REOKNELL.

